New lights

[kcfehring]

We just bought a blue LED light that fights on the hood of our tank. It is supposed to simulate moonlight and I was wondering if you are supposed to leave it on all night or just for a couple of hours. Will it cause algae growth like a regular light that had been left on to long? Thanks

 

[papagimp]

the LED's aren't going to phase anything....not unless you had lots and lots and lots of them. I leave mine on all night. More for a midnight trip to the bathroom night light than anything. Sometimes I don't even put it on. It shouldn't phase algae growth either.

 

[happysak]

No, it won't

 

[aaparkr]

I have 4 leds (2 sets of 2) over a 75. They are on 24 hours. The T5s are on about 7 hours so you can't really see the leds then, but there has been no adverse result. Sometimes I think I hear Iron Butterfly and Jimi hendrix coming from the fish room at 2 am...

 

[eddybabyhd]

i made a moonlight strip with some blue leds from best buy about two years ago. And everytime i left them on all night, the next day my tank was very cloudy and the skimmer was going nuts. I tried it several times with the same result over a month or twos span. I am convinced there was something about the ones i bought that were triggering a bacteria bloom or something. But other people seem to not have that issue

 

[jxr182]

My PC's have several LED moonlights built in... they stay on all the time. They give the shimmering effect of a hallide, but are obviously not visible during the day.

 

[Dtking]

I leave my Led's on untill 2 AM... and then total black out after that. That way all of the Nocs. can run amuck without being seen!! hehehe

 

[billr]

Mine are on 24/7